Simon loves bananas.

In case you did not know, Simon loves bananas. It's the only food word he can say and is 
something he requests multiple times a day. We do try to limit to one banana a day, though 
are not always successful. He has even resorted to begging for bananas at the park... What 
adult can resist a sweet little kid toddling up to you and asking for a bite of your banana? 

This is how you eat a banana ...

Kohl's

Getting new clothes at Kohl's with Aunt Amy on Sunday... Obviously the cart was by far the best part - he got to face forward! The stop was important because it's suddenly cold and we had no pants, only  shorts, that fit the big kid. Unfortunately sizing is hard, it jumps from 12 to 18 and he's 15 months old, so get bigger, right?.... we got him size 18 month pants that are WAY too big. We'll be going shopping again this coming up weekend for 12 month sizes. 

Our little Toddler

Aunt Kathy Visit!

Aunt Kathy came to visit this weekend and Simon loved her! I'm sure it has nothing to do with Kathy bribing him with french fries when we all went out for lunch. They spent lots of time making faces at each other and playing with the awesome new car puzzle that Aunt Kathy got for Simon. For the past day he has constantly had two of the cars in his hands, walking or sitting. And when you show him the 3rd car, he'll happily switch one out so long as he keeps at least two. He likes banging them together to make a loud noise and sliding them along the floor, but doesn't like having the pieces in the puzzle.

Here are some pictures of Simon playing with Kathy...

I like melon.

A New Merryman Park

One of my favorite parks is getting a remodel! The new Merryman Park will be intense, with a netted climbing thing, a play ground area and of course a swing area. Demolition starts this fall and the park is supposed to be ready for play in the spring. We will miss the metal slides that you can zip down, the usually empty park and most of all we will miss the ramps... but it will be nice to be rid of the wood chips and dirt.

Here's us playing today at the old Merryman Park....

Peak-a-book AND swinging, does it get better than this?

I AM GOING SO FAST!

SWING!

Daddy: "I'm coming to get you!" Simon: "Ahhh!"

Tire swings are a great time.

Also good for Daddy-Simon bonding. 

Night night, Simon

Simon has been learning lots of sounds and has been focusing especially animal sounds (as Jenn showed you in this video). He has been saying something similar to both bib and bubble, but since it's the same sound for both we're not counting it yet.

He pick up Night Night this past weekend.  He'll pull blanket and pillows from the couch and then rest his head on them and say night night while rolling around. It's super cute. Here's a couple examples...

Simon and his piano

We rotate toys out occasionally to keep our sanity and to keep the clutter down (same thing?). Simon's piano toy was returned to him after a 4 or 5 month hiatus and he loves it just as much now as he did before.  It is amazing to me how much he's grown, look at the difference a few months made.

Simon @ 7 months with his piano, using it to stand up.

Simon @ 14 months with his piano.

Simon @ 14 months playing with his piano.